Education:
1965-67 Howard University
1981 Boston University, M.F.A.
1971 Boston University, B.F.A.
1997 Boston University, Distinguished Alumni Award
Solo Exhibitions:
2001 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC
2000 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1999 Elaine Baker Gallery, Boca Raton, FL
1998 Wendell Street Gallery, Cambidge, MA Venice
1998 Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
1997 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA New Paintings
1997 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC
1996 Sherry Washington Gallery, Detroit, MI
Boston University, Gallery of Art, Boston, MA
1995 Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA Mallacora/Costa Brava
1994 Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA South of Rome
1992 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, New Paintings
Wendell Gallery, Cambridge, MA, North of Rome
1990 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA, New Paintings
1989 June Kelly Gallery, New York, NY, New Paintings
Isobel Neal Gallery, Chicago, IL
1988 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA, New Paintings
1987 Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1986 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA, Aegean Blues: Summer
Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA, Aegean Blues: Winter
1984 Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC
1983 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
Wendell Street Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1982 Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA
1981 National Center of Afro-American Artists, Roxbury, MA
1970 Smith and Mason Gallery, Washington, DC, Art in Embassies: State Department
Group Exhibitions:
1998 DeCordova Museum, Abstraction and the figure
1997 Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Four African-American Artists
1993 Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, African American Perspectives
1990 Artists Foundation Gallery, Boston, MA
Newport Art Museum,
Newport, RI
1989 Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA
1988 Carpenter Center for Visual Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Faculty Exhibition
Clark Gallery, Lincoln MA, Salon Show
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Massachusetts Masters: Afro-American Artists
Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA Collected Visions
1986 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Boston Collects: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture
Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA, Salon Show
1985 Crystal Britton Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1984 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1983 Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA
1980 Parrish Art Museum, South Hampton, NY
1979 Parrish Art Museum, South Hampton, NY
1972 Boston University, Boston, MA
1971 Trenton State Museum, Trenton, NJ
Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture
Brown University, Providence, RI
Boston College, Boston, MA
Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
National Center of African American Artists, Roxbury, MA
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
1981-present Artist in residence and painting instructor, Noble and Greenough School, Dedham, MA 1988-1994 Lecturer/Instructor, painting and drawing, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1973-81 Art Director, Weston Public Schools, Weston, MA
1993-96 School of the Museums of Fine Arts, Board of Governors
1991-94 Panelist, Bunting Institute Fellows, Cambridge, MA
1988 Panelist, Massachusetts Masters: Afro-American Artists, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1982 Panelist, Massachusetts State Arts Council for Arts and Humanities
Artist in Residence, Newton Public Schools, Newton, MA
1973-4 Art Consultant to Follow Through Program, Newton, MA
1972 Harvard-Newton Summer School Program, Master Art Teacher, July-August
1988 “Studio 7” WNEV-TV, Channel 7, Boston, MA
“Visions” WLVI-TV, Channel 56, Boston, MA
1985 “Visions” WLVI-TV, Channel 56, Boston, MA
1970 “Classroom Five” Mini Arts Festival, WHDH_TV, Boston, MA
Ghana, Nigeria, Egypt, Morocco, France, Germany, Switzerland, England, Italy, Greece, Spain, Finland, Sweden, Russia, Canada, Puerto Rico, Bermuda, Belize
Publications/Reviews (selected):
1994-96 Who’s Who in American Painting
1995 Christine Temin. “Solo Shows spotlight on a new look for Landscapes,” The Boston Globe (Nov.)
1992 Christine Temin, “An Artist’s Declaration of Independence,” The Boston Globe (Nov.)
1988 Allan Gold. “Boston Curator defends Black Artists’ Exhibition,” The New York Times (Jan)
1988 Peyton Petty, “Portrait of the artist as a Rising Star,” The Tab (Jan)
1988 Christine Temin. “Freeman’s art chronicles Black Middle Class,” The Boston Globe (Jan.)
1988 Marty Carlock, “Electric Land Lady Series Energizes Clark Gallery,” The Weston Town Crier
(Jan)
1988 Edward Strickland. “Robert Freeman’s paintings Portray Black Middle Class,” Bay State Banner
(Feb)
1987 Marty Carlock, “More of the Same, but We Can’t Complain,” The Weston Town Crier (Jan)
1987 Massachusetts Masters: Afro American Artists, catalogue for exhibition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (Jan)
1987 Edward Strickland. “French Travels Yield Harvest of Work,” Bay State Banner (Nov)
1986 Boston Collects: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, catalogue for exhibition, Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston, MA
1986 Nancy Stapen. “A Tale of Two Seasons,” The Boston Herald (Sept.)
-“Freeman’s a painter for all Aegean Season,” The Boston Globe
-“Artist’s Images of Greece highlight Gallery Exhibit,” The Lincoln Journal
1983 Christine Temin, “Freeman takes a Satirical Look at Social Life,” The Boston Globe (may)
1983 Phyllis Koenig. “Robert Freeman,” Art New England (Dec)
1982 Christine Temlin. “Solos from Different Worlds,” The Boston Globe